The Raleigh Police Department said it happened Monday on Shanda Drive off Spring Forest Road.
In his mugshot, 27-year-old Matthew Lawrence Bergstedt has two black eyes and facial lacerations.
Police said after the resident hit him, Bergstedt fled and broke into a vacant apartment nearby. He's now charged with breaking and entering and attempted breaking and entering.
Police also said it was not a random act as Bergstedt was once involved with a relationship with a woman in the apartment he attempted to enter.